THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3,1962' THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 3,1962' New Starters Prepare for Tough Army NICK GIANTS, 8-7: Dodgers Tie Playoff Series -Daily-Ed Langs MOVING UP-Michigan halfback Jack Strobel attempts to field a pass in last Saturday's bout with Nebraska, as Husker guard Gary Toogood looks on. Strobel will be moved up to the first string in this week's game with Army. I. The Inside Corner with Dave Andrews i I. F InninglFootball IMAGINE yourself in Michigan Stadium some Saturday. The score is tied, but instead of looking up at the scoreboard to check the time, you look up to get the inning. If Lee H. Wilson, who writes for the Adcrafter's Journal out of Detroit, gets his way that's the way it'll be. He explains his proposal this way:., "First visualize a world series baseball game at Yankee Stadium. It's the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Yankees are trailing by a couple of runs. There are two outs, a man on third and Mickey Mantle at bat. The count goes to three balls and two strikes. And then the umpire fires a gun-and the game is over." This, he contends, is exactly what happens in football. Wilson believes his inning system is better. Disregarding his horrible example-who ever heard of the Yankees losing-his arguments may have some merit. The worth of his solution is another question. Wilson points to the fact that often one team has the ball more times than another in a clocked test, making the game unequal. He also says that 60 minutes is an arbitrary figure, games often end in boredom because of the futile efforts of a team trying to make up two or three TDs in a few minutes, running out the clock by the leader is dull, and the clock often frustrates a better team. As a result of the inning system, Wilson says, each team would get an equal chance with the pigskin. The "beat the clock" game by a team losing by six points would end. Time would not be a factor. Complications Arise... HE WHOLE system revolves around the idea that a team would not use up its half until it put the ball in play from scrimmage. Thus an interception, etc., returned for a touchdown couldn't count against a team. So far so good, but there are complications. Wilson-through study of a number of college.and pro games-says that a 12 inning game would give the fans roughly the same amount of football they are getting now. And here is where the first problem comes in. In deference to the physical limitations of football on the players, Wilson stipulates that no inning could start after three hours of play. But doesn't that put the clock right back into the game? Picture this situation. Game in last of 10th with team A hold- ing the ball and leading 27-14. According to this, team B gets two more chances with the ball. But the clock shows that the game has already gone on almost three hours. What's to prevent team A from stalling? And what about this one? Team A again leads, this time by three TDs after nine innings. Which is more futile, a team trying to score three times in the fourth quarter or team B trying to score each of the next three times it gets the ball? To me the latter isn't much of an improvement. Strategy Changes... U NLIKE baseball-thank God-where a team can score as many as 17 runs in a single inning (Boston did it against Detroit once), a football team is limited by the inning game. It is very unlikely, for example, that a team leading in the last innings of a football game would ever throw a pass, thus risking a TD interception. How many baseball games are won in the last three innings after a team has built up a four run lead after.six? There wouldn't be many if the most a team could score was one run per frame. And finally, what about the forward pass? It could become ex- tinct. Finishes, instead of being an all out aerial war, might turn into an Ohio State special-three yards and a cloud of dust. Passes would risk too much. Wilson contends that football wouldn't be changed. All the rules would remain the same and the only difference would lie in equal opportunity for the competing teams. I wonder if it would? Football has developed into an excit- ing game. The more exciting it can be made the better it will get. Inning football would be a step backward. Instead of adding to the tenseness of the situation, it would relax the game. Mr. Wilson fails to realize that football is not baseball and will never be. Picture Bump Elliott yelling down the bench to Bob Chandler. "Better start warming up, Bob, looks like Glinka is getting tired." It sounds pretty funny, but what would stop football from deteriorating into a padded baseball game-complete with all the trips to the mound-once the inning system got started. Wide open football would decline and die. The game would slide back into the era before Knute Rockne-very undesirable for this corner., By BOB ZWINCK "All's well that ends well." That seems to pretty well sum up the philosophy of gridiron guide Bump Elliott and his aides as they attempt to build up a re- spectable Wolverine squad to face some formidable foes from the Hudson. A home team victory would certainly help ease some of the pain that accompanied the opening loss to some Cornhuskers. Ranked Tenth This week's Associated Press poll shows Army ranked tenth nation- ally with a 2-0 record. The first win was a 41-14 conquest of Wake Forest; the second, a rock-em- sock-em 9-2 victory over a highly- regarded Syracuse team. So far Army is living up to pre-season prognostications, which picked Ar- my to finish in the top twenty. The Michigan coaching staff shows great respect for Paul Diet- zel and his Army. It is hoped that the squad will, too. Fundamentals such as blocking and tackling will be important Saturday and are consequently being stressed in practice sessions. The pioneer of the three platoon system a few seasons back, Dietzel has shown it works at LSU. So he's sticking with a winner and is not only continuing it in his first year at Army, but is also keeping the same nicknames for the cor- responding units: the regulars who go both ways are the "White" teamthe offense only team is the "Go" team, and those defensive demons are called "Chinese Ban- dits." Elliott send end coach Jocko Nelson to the Polo Grounds to scout Army in the Syracuse battle., Nelson's report said Michigan will be facing a tough team, one which can put out and usually get the job done. Shot from Guns "Army used the slot-T type of- fense," said Nelson, "although on occasion they went into the shot- gun. Their attack is well-balanced between rushing and passing. We will be giving up a few pounds per man along the line. "The defense is rugged. Syra- cuse didn't get a first down until late in the second quarter," he contniued. "Dietzel sends out his 'Go' team or the 'Bandits' with confidence." It might also be noted that Joe Blackgrove, the regular quarter- back, missed the entire Syracuse game with a heavy cold and a sprained knee and Dick Eckert, who quarterbacked the 1961 Ar- my, is fifth string this year. Wenley House Captures Intaua Track Crown Meanwhile, Bump Elliott has announced several lineup changes necesitated by injuries and lack- lustre play. Defensive tackle Tom Keating has been promoted to fill the void left by John Houtman, who is on crutches with a knee injury and is lost for an indefinite period. Letterman Dave Kurtz will be number one right guard, replacing John Marcum, a sophomore. Bill Laskey has been moved up to first string right end while Jim Ward was dropped to the third unit. In the backfield, Jack Strobel was advanced to starting left half and Wayne Sparkman replaces <" Bill Dodd as number one fullback. Sophomore fullback Mel An- thony is still troubled with an ankle injury. A possible shoulder separation will force Ed Hood to the sidelines for at least one week. The injured Anthony was called home to Cincinnati Saturday by the death of his father. Elliott said that he, too, may miss the Army contest. - However, he is still being count- ed upon heavily to enhance Michi- gan's chances this year. Otherwise, the remainder of the squad was in good condition after yesterday's practice session. By MIKE BIXBY Wenley House won the I-M out- door track meet yesterday at Ferry Field as West Quad houses cap- tured four of the first five places. Wenley won four first places while Williams House was the only other house to win as many as two. No new records were set in this year's competition. Individual winners for Wenley were Jed Tatge, who took the mile in 5:10.1; Bud Hamilton, who won the 100-yard dash in :11.1; Andy Chang, who high-jumped 5'8", and Rick Drabant, who threw the shot 48'1". Other winners were Bob Donnelly of Hinsdale in the low hurdles, Bob Bartels of Gomberg in the 880-yd. run, John Koop- man of Williams in the broad jump,dDan Ziskie of Adams in the 440-yd. dash, Tony Lopucki of Winchell in the pole vault, and John Clawson of Williams in the high hurdles. There urere few spectators on hand to see the meet, which be- gan at 4:15 yesterday afternoon under cloudy skies. Wenley quick- ly won three of the first four events to move far ahead and was never seriously threatened. Wen- ley's winning total was 28% points. Right behind was Williams, with 21 points, Hinsdale with 17, Adams with 13, and Winchell with 111/. Traditionally strong South Quad placed only two teams in the top ten, and last year's winner, Tay- lor House, failed to earn a point. The complete results: MILE: 1-Jed Tatge, Wenley. 2- D. Montgobery, Williams. 3-Don Phelps, Chicago. HIGH HURDLES: 1-John Claw- son, Williams. 2-Bob Donnelly, Hinsdale. 3-Brian Hartwell, Reeves. 100-YD. DASH: 1-Bud Hamilton, Wenley. 2-Tom King, Greene. 3- Mike Zisman. HIGH JUMP: 1 - Andy Chang, Wenley. 2-Tim Fox, Chicago. 3-- Spence Kisby, Reeves. POLE VAULT: 1-Tony Lopucki, Winchell. 2-(tie)-John Lipkowitz, Wenley and Ron Haskins, Winchell. SHOT PUT: 1 - Rick Drabant, Wenley. 2-John Reece, Adams. 3- John Rafter, Michigan. 440-YD. DASH: 1 - Don Ziskie, Adams. 2-Ed Lapham, Strauss. 3- Jim LaViere, Huber. BROAD JUMP: 1-John Koopman, Williams. 2-Hartwell, Reeves. 3- Barry Kramer, Hin sdale. 880-YD. RUN: 1 - Bob Bartels, Gomberg. 2-Gerry Braun, Greene. 3-Allen Tate, Williams. Four inter - collegiate records were broken as Martha Cook won the women's all-campus swimming meet last night. Suzy Thrasher set a new 100- yd. butterfly record in 1:04.9. Miss Thrasher's 100-yd. freestyle mark of 59.9 was broken by Pam Swart in 59.0. Peggy Wirth was the high point winner of the night with two firsts and a second. She set a record in the 50-yd. freestyle of 27.2. Donna Conklin won the 100-yd. back- stroke in the record time of 1:11.4.. Other high scorers in the meet were: Sperry Jones (14 points), Carmen Price (14 points), Sharon Bedford (13 points), Pat Petraitis (13 points), and Liz Morrison (7 points). Martha Cook scored 54 points in winning the meet. Second and third place teams were Hinsdale House (29 points) and Alpha Chi Omega (25 points). LOS ANGELES () - Speedy Maury Wills raced home on Ron Fairly's shallow sacrifice fly in the last of the, ninth and kept the Los Angeles Dodgers alive yes- terday with an 8-7 victory that squared the best-of-three Na- tional League pennant playoff 'series with the San Francisco Giants at one game apiece. Wills, given an unexpected life when rookie pitcher Gaylord Perry passed up a force play at third and threw to first base on Daryl Spencer's sacrifice bunt, sped home ahead of Willie Mays' slightly off target throw on Fair- ly's fly to center. Giants Blow Lead It was a tense, dramatic game- at 4 hours, 18 minutes the long- est nine-inning contest in major league history - that ran the gamut from the sublime to the ridiculous. The Giants blew a 5-0 lead when the Dodgers broke their string of 35 consecutive scoreless innings with seven big runs in the sixth. After his Giants fought back to tie the score at 7-7, Manager Alvin Dark maneuvered desperately, us- ing four pitchers in the ninth and eight in all, before the champion base stealer flashed home with the winning run. All even at one game each, the Cook Wins Women's Meet; Four Swim Reeords Fall .1 two teams will play a third game this afternoon at 1 p.m.'PDT) in Walter O'Malley's multi-colored arena with the pennant hanging in the balance. Yankees Waiting Right-hander Juan Marichal (18-11) of the Giants will oppose lefty John Podres (15-13) of the Dreders. The winner will go to the World Series against the patiently wait- ing New York Yankees, starting Thursday in the home park of the National League winner. MAURY WILLS . ... brings home the bacon Michigan Sports History GRID SELECTIONS Last week Russell Berg, the chief predictor for the Football News, picked 13-7 in the Daily's grid picks contest. So far this year he has picked over 80 per cent correct for all major college games this year, but says that his average will drop this week because *of the unusual number of toss-ups. Everybody else agrees with him that this will be the toughest week yet, so try your hand at beating the Daily experts. Prizes this week are a free subscription to the Football News and two free tickets to the Michigan Theater, now showing "Damn the Defiant." Pick up your entry blank at The Daily, 420 Maynard St. Remem- ber, your entry must be in by midnight, Friday, by mail, delivery boy, or carrier pigeon. (You can bring it in yourself, too, if you wish.) THIS WEEK'S GAMES (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the sec- ond of a series spotlighting great moments in the history of Michi- gan football. Today's article con- cerns a famous game with Army.) By GARY WINER Billed as a battle between two mighty juggernauts of the gridiron the Army-Michigan contest got underway in ideal football weath- er, Oct. 8, 1955. Army's Black Knights, coached by the great Earl "Red" Blaik, had been ranked sixth nationally, hav- ing won both of its previous con- tests that season. The host Wol- verines had been labelled number two in the country after rolling over Missouri, 42-7, and Michigan State, 14=7. Domination The series had originated in 1945 when the Cadets were field- ing two All-Americans in the personages of Felix "Doc" Blan- chard and Glen Davis. Army had taken the first game, 28-7, and then in the four ensuing battles between the two teams had equal- ly as well over-powered the Maize and Blue. The best Michigan had done was a 20-13 losing effort in 1946. The West Pointers were the only major college team in his- tory that had never lost a ball game to Michigan. Bennie Oosterbaan, coaching Michigan at the time, led a star- studded cast into this sixth en- counter. Ron Kramer, All-Ameri- can and now with the Green Bay Packers, at left end; Terry Barr, now flanker back for, the Detroit Lions, at the*'left halfback slot; and Jim Pace playing on the sec- ond team behind Barr. Michigan finally gained its long sought revenge by downing the Cadets, 26-2, before a near-capac- ity crowd of 97,000 fans. It's Barr, Bar None Barr was the big gun for the. Rolverines, tallying twice in the first quarter. The first score camhe on a one-yd. plunge. Later in the period, Barr picked up an Army punt on his own 18-yd. line and scampered 82 yards down the side lines for another Wolverine touch- down. Michigan's Pace and Ed Shan- non accounted for two more touchdowns in the fourth quarter. The Cadets could not even pene- trate the 50-yd. line until late in the last period. The Black Knights' lone two points came with only ten seconds remaining in the game. Michigan, with the ball deep in its own territory, gave the ball to John Greenwood who was promptly caught in the end zone by Flay Goodwin for a safety. Fumbleitis Army had outgained Michigan in total offense, but the Cadets lost the ball game on nine fum- bles, eight of which were recover- ed by the victors. The game represented the worst foss the Cadets had suffered since being whipped by Georgia Tech in 1952, 45-6. For Michigan, the vic- tory was sweet revenge for the Coeds: "Let us style a FLATTERING HAIR-DO to your individual needs." - no appointments needed - The Dascola Barbers near Michigan Theatre previous five losses suffered in the series. No One's Perfect An interesting sidelight to the game occurred several days later. The Michigan publicity depart- ment claimed that due to Army's defeat, Michigan had beaten every football foe they had ever played at least once. A short letter was received by a Robert Hazen who stated there was still one team the Wolverines had never beaten. Sure enough, after checking the records the publicity director discovered that in 1883, Wesleyan College of Middletown, Conn., had defeated Michigan, 14-6. That had been the first and last encounter be- tween the two schools. 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